Tourists have major concerns going into the second Test match against a
resurgent Australia

England have met the school bully and been bashed up in Brisbane. England will say they have been a good side for a long time and this was just a hiccup. But psychological damage has been done in this first Test especially to the England middle and lower order facing that searing pace of Mitchell Johnson.

The best thing about it is that Australia have kept the pressure on some key players. Not inexperienced new guys, but battle-hardened Test players who have been key guys for England for years.

Matt Prior has not made a run again and the way he got out in both innings was poor and soft. If the tail-enders are going to be bombed by Johnson they need their No 7 to score runs and he has not done that for seven Tests.

Jonathan Trott has been the calming influence of the England batting but he has some serious issues with his technique facing the short ball. He spent a long time working on his technique before he came out here but he got out exactly the same way. Nothing changed. Either he is too stubborn to admit he has a problem or he is in denial.

Graeme Swann is a super spinner but he has a poor record in Australia. He struggled in the last series here with 14 wickets at 42 and he got one for 200 here. He has to look at how he bowls in Australia and learn quickly.

It adds up to some major concerns for England after only one Test of the series. They have to work out how they will take on the school bully.

Australia will come out aggressive with hostile bowling again and look at what happened when England played South Africa last year and were blown away by Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn. England have a problem against pace and capitulated here and facing just 133 overs in two innings, which is normally what you would face in one innings.

It was an aggressive performance from Australia both with the ball and with a few verbals. David Warner got carried away in the moment when he commented about Trott and the England batsman. His comments were a bit silly. He should have kept them to himself but we cannot have it both ways.

We want sportsmen to be interesting and tell us how they feel and it is just the way Davey Warner is. But if you say that kind of stuff you have to be able to cop it back, and he can.

It was great to see Mitchell Johnson back in Test cricket. He had consistency and bowled with serious pace. The left-arm angle and pace will trouble everyone. He exposed a few technical flaws and put a bit of fear in England. I always believed that Australia had a chance to win this Ashes series because they finally knew their best team. The addition of Johnson has given that added X-factor.

But yes, it is only one Test match. The Australian team would be silly to get carried away. England are a good team and they have shown over the past couple of years they can come back. England have 10 days to bounce back and it will be a test of character for them. In some way 10 days is a bit of a hindrance.

They would probably rather get straight back in the battle at Adelaide and try and put things right. Over the course of ten days you sometimes have too long to talk, and too long to dwell on what happened. It can be counterproductive. Broad and Anderson should be sent straight to Adelaide and told to sit on the beach for a few days because they are crucial for England and need to be protected.

I thought Alastair Cook captained beautifully up to the point Australia were 132 for six in the first innings. But then England just took their foot off the pedal and eased up. A combination of Johnson and Brad Haddin playing well and the England bowlers tiring allowed Australia a route back into the game.

Cook pushed fielders back on the fence and just gave Haddin and Johnson easy singles and the chance to build their partnership. I would have liked to have seen England being more ruthless and that goes back to what I have been saying for a long time about Cook. If he wants to take England to No 1 in the world then he has to learn to be ruthless.

The one thing to mar the week was the treatment of Stuart Broad by the Australian print media. I know the English press can be pretty brutal but the thing I don’t like about the Australia press is they go on and on and get very personal about stuff. What they did to Broad and the England team was childish, immature and it was embarrassing for Australians to watch it going on.

Sadly it was no surprise because the Australian press are the worst in the world. They are never fair and I think the Australian public have been disappointed with how they treated the English team. There was no need for it and it also backfired spectacularly because Broad responded by bowling well.

They just had to leave the intimidation to the Australian players and Johnson who are more than enough for England to worry about.